
Royal Jelly
This record pushes the "Honeybrew's" sound beyond their first studio release on Spinout records ('Propolis' released in 2015) into some new recordings that are more arranged, thick and juicy with a mamalian warmth, and some ferocious solos from Jacob Scesney (sax), Karl Hunter (sax player for "Big Bad Voodoo Daddy"), and legendary guitarist Robben Ford, who has been collaborating with Swan on multiple records, and who has compared Swan's sound to hearing Frank Zappa for the first time. The record's producer- Matt Sewell who also played some of the upright bass on the record described the sound as something like "Steely Dan on acid".
The gritty sound of Swan's voice, and the backing vocals of "the Honeybrew drone choir", along with it's somewhat deranged but well-kempt chord changes, and analog synth warbles keeps the tone of this record from going too much in the direction of traditional jazz or jam band slop... and still it's 8-layer sandwich effect in it's arrangement, its use of jazz related chord theo